Attention 8th grade Students there will be a “What’s Cool About Manufacturing,” meeting on today during lunch in F-111. Again, there will be a “What’s Cool About Manufacturing,” meeting today during lunch in F-111.
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ATTENTION STUDENTS: Student Council will be hosting a canned food drive throughout the month of November to benefit the Kennett Area Food Cupboard. Almost 500 families receive food from the Food Cupboard each month, and 80% of their clients come from the Kennett Consolidated School District. If you are willing to donate, please bring in canned food items (such as canned fruit, soup, beans, juice, and tuna) and place them in the boxes at the end of each wing. Thanks for your support in advance!
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Plastic straws are one of the main ocean plastic polluters, help us change that! The goal of “No Straw November” is to bring awareness to the many plastic straws that are being used once and then thrown away in a single month. Jr Ocean Guardians challenges you to refuse plastic straws the whole month of November and to keep a tally of how many straws you eliminated from potentially ending up in the ocean.
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Any 7th or 8th grader interested in wrestling for Kennett Middle School will need to have a hydration test. The test is being done here at KMS, Today, November 13 during 8th and 9th periods. You must have permission to be tested.
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There will be a meeting for winter cheerleading on Thursday, November 16th from 2:45-4:30. Meet Coach Schuessler outside the girls locker room. All physical paperwork must be turned in to the nurse before practice. Lastly, All football cheerleaders must hand in their uniforms at this meeting.
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Attention 8th Grade Boys’: There will be an open gym for those interested in getting some practice prior to tryouts. It will be held on Tuesday, November 14th and Monday, November 27th from 6:45 until 8:00. Space is limited so you will need to see Mr. Augustine to sign up for a spot.
Boys Basketball Tryouts will be held December 6th, 7th and 8th. 7th grade boys sign up and take an information sheet outside of Mr. Robinson’s room (D101 )and 8th grade boys sign up and take an information sheet outside of the gym office (F110).
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Girls basketball Tryouts will be held Today, Thursday, November 9th and again on Friday, November 10th in the big Gym from 2:45-4:30. Be prepared with water, shorts and sneakers. You must have a physical turned in to the nurses office to tryout.
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This week we are supporting the Kennett Public Library in their effort to raise awareness about homelessness. This week of recognition is called PECYEH and stands for Pennsylvania Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness.And now over to Mrs. McGarvey for this week’s Library Quick Picks.